The Division 2 Tinkering/Tinkering Station - What is it & how does it work? (Full Guide)

[@Monster1988ism]

Bro you are the best. Sitting here playing and I'm getting mad because I can't see what resources I need to recalibrate. Of course I just open KZbin and you just dropped a video as if you heard the controller hit the wall. Thank you brother!

[@EvidenceOfData]

Wish they would show the materials you are short on during optimization [when you go back into it]. Not a huge deal to track down which one is needed but...

[@jr388]

This is my main gripe.

[@bnbsports3647]

@bnbsports3647 3 hours ago (edited) To check what resources you need to OPTIMIZE press the OPTIMIZE key (X on PC ) and it will show you what you are missing to complete the optimization. Nice if someone would have explained that from the get go. I found out completely by accident.

[@bnbsports3647]

@bnbsports3647 2 days ago (edited) To check what resources you need to OPTIMIZE press the OPTIMIZE key (X on PC ) and it will show you what you are missing to complete the optimization. Nice if someone would have explained that from the get go. I found out completely by accident.

[@Soapy_Warfare]

Thank you for helping explain and doing what you do man! You have been a real help in the past with builds and tips. Cheers Kami

[@randymicallef3545]

I love this new feature, makes crafting and bag space management a breeze.

[@MrTehru]

So to put it simply when you optimize you increase the stat. You make it better. If you recalibrate you can change one stat for another? So if it has armor regeneration on it, I use recalibrate to change that to skill haste? Is that a bare-bones simple way to look at those two things?

[@adamjensen9463]

Basically.

[@aloe_vera92]

So some things that weren't shown. You need to have the items you want to recalibrate/optimize in your inventory. The exotic "capacitor" needs to be reconfigured once before you can recalibrate/optimized bc the 12% damage to armor cannot be stored in library, so you need you reconfigure it once to bypass that "bug". hope this answers any questions regarding the things mentioned!

[@jameswells3218]

Kamikaze thanks for the info I needed that much appreciated!!👍 I salute you bro looking forward to tinkering!!!🤔👏✌️🤙👍🎮🎮

[@do_jaja_DOD]

Just came back from a 4 year pause from the game. This update’s will do magic 👌💪

[@Bishop_CSB]

Game changer video for me! Still learning and this was super helpful! Thanks dude!!

[@ridagin1723]

Appreciate the fast responses on this one👍

[@iancampbell1107]

Please tell us how to find out which materials we need to craft when we run out ???? As it no longer shows you

[@LightskinCasper]

Thank you! I thought I was the only one experiencing this

[@outere24]

Lmao he's not responding to anybody talk about interacting with viewers great way to build a channel

[@JonathanCrane82]

Anyone else notice some of the library talents are missing? I lost thunder strike and possibly a few others. Also don't have any ability to recalibrate any of my exotics.

[@7xdirtracer]

You can’t recalibrate exotics in the open world, you have to “reconfigure” them at the B.o.o

[@daveyjuice7710]

I got a rifle with thunder still on it but it's not in the library which is shocking😊 as the new gear skill seems to be created for that very thing.

[@mspencer112]

Exotics are reconfigured at the crafting station, and only if you either purchase the blueprint from the crafting chick, or unlocked it from the season track if it's a newer exotic

[@LordRevanSith]

It’s not letting me recalibrate because it says i don’t have the materials. but its also not telling me what materials i need to recalibrate.

[@Rudysattva]

On Xbox, hold the "x" or recalibrate button and you'll get a pop up. I don't think it worked on day 1 but it is now.

[@ByronXbox4Life]

Just wanted to let everyone know floor 100th no more camping to lured the hunters in fhe doorway, rhe door will be closed as the whole group enters just wanted to let everyone know if they haven't tried reaching floor 100th of the hunters.

[@xavassassin2480]

Capacitor issue. Library for Damage to Armor is at 6% not the normal 12% Rerolled Capacitor and lost 6% 😢

[@Rudysattva]

If you go to optimize and dont have materials, the "x" is grayed out and the materials required section just says you dont have enough. You have to hold the x to get the materials to pop up.

[@Mojo_184]

Quick question 🙋🏻‍♂️ New to The Division When it comes to Core Attributes, Attributes, and Talents am I only allowed to Recalibrate one item? For example: I need to put Creeping Death (Talent) on my Backpack 🎒 but there is also one Attribute I want to change.

[@Budgeman83030]

I get item can’t be optimized due to not enough items. I look at what’s needed, I have them and can’t figure out what I’m missing. The old table let you know what you’re short on

[@kmier2000]

Ok mine says: "this slot cannot be recalibrated" I've got the attribute in the library ready to go/be swapped. Not sure what's up here. Anyone?

[@MikeDeAngelisMook]

I still don't understand. I can't "expertise" my weapons. It says slot attribute neets to be extracted.

[@davehart7943]

What happens when it doesn't give an option to optimize it ?? It says *"item attributes need to be extracted"* .. So for example my skill damage for a mask is stuck at 4% .. But It won't give me the option to optimize it further ..

[@ChrisFrand]

Thank you I’m new and just began to make build and all videos I see is worth the old system so I thought my game was bugged

[@dreammixuk]

Why can't we recalibrate 3rd attribute on exotic weapons without having to constantly re-roll them? I used up all my exotic components trying to get my EB to roll with DTTOC and decent stats. Annoying and pointless changes by the devs.

[@petermoskal8478]

I reconfigured my capacitor to get dmg to targets out of cover. Was able to optimize the weapon dmg but it won't allow me to optimize dmg to armor. I understand this is due to the new limit on optimization but with the 12% dmg to armor being specific to the capacitor it stinks you can't fully optimize it.

[@iAmViking94]

same here

[@iAmViking94]

@@YehNahMate94 it took me 17 tries to get dmg to target out of cover

[@XenoNugs]

BIG QUESTION! im SHD lvl 486 and i messed up on my watch putting points in places that i shouldn’t of and its starting to make a difference in my builds. is it viable to make a new character and spec my points out the way i want and continue with the new one or stick with the old?

[@ITMann]

Thanks for this very helpful guide. OK, question ?, for example I have the Cuelebre shotgun, I go into the Tinkering station, one of the Core attributes says Damage to Armour 11%, so I want to max this out above 11%, however at the bottom are 2 sections highlighted in red, the first under Recalibration says " you do not have any elements to transfer into this item " the next section below highlighted in red says under Optimisation. " Item attributes need to be extracted " what do these red highlighted areas mean ? all I want to do is raise the Damage to Armour above 11% to max it out. But I cannot do anything to Damage to Armour. Can anyone here explain what this means. ? Thank you.

[@andresg1654]

me toooo

[@andresg1654]

idk if its a bug, probably it is

[@eeemb]

Anyone notice that mags are broken? Can't keep one in the chamber and switch to the weapon, it resets the mag to standard load when you switch to the weapon. I.e. resets to 70 from 71 or 45 from 46.

[@AdelMagaln]

this is the video i need..thank you so much ❤👍

[@THEOBJECT1VE]

Is optimizing gear still a thing? I cant seem to find the optimization option from you old videos? PLEASE HELP

[@treyharp1881]

My St. Elmo's has Actum Est, is there a way to change this? If so, how? Thanks!!!

[@ralphiwreckit82]

Any way to change the specialty without going back to BOO or other settlements? If we could swap that, we wouldn't need to go back to base for anything. I do have builds saved that cover most of the different ones so I can swap gear piece by piece.

[@viciousKev]

Also having different specification elements for different builds.

[@RogueSpartanB292]

What about exotics? Didn't they add an option to change the bottom tablet on exotics?

[@Nysek2Stronk]

Waiting for them to finally fix the capacitor's armor damage not being possible to optimize.

[@Shibari-shi]

When I am looking through my goods, I used the 9 square grid to select the sort style I wanted (new, brand, trash, etc.) This seems to have vanished. Can you find out why?

[@userzero9259]

I'm such a dummy... I'm level 32 and I've never used this 😢 Awesome tutorial, thank you for making it!!

[@JunkionSystems]

Thank you for the data!

[@higheastdeno7584]

Good point that you can do this on the fly. And not even go to the actual station. If you click on an item you are carrying. Follow the prompts. Nice. But when you dont have enough materials it doesnt tell you the materials you need.

[@lukecheski1747]

I thought we could recalibrate exotics? Is this only available through reconfiguring and therefore losing potentially optimised stats?

[@viisa0152]

Hi guys bit of a noob question but hope u can help. Is there any way of changing talents on armor pieces from the recalibrateion Library or do we need to farm for the correct talent on the armor pieces you want?? Thanks from Australia 🇦🇺

[@timo8796]

😂 Thanks KVD. After years of playing. I'm such a dumb ••• I was running out of talents and had no idea how to get more. Although it's not the easiest system to figure out.

[@ladarieusparrish]

I don’t like the part where it states you don’t have enough to optimize this item but it doesn’t show you what you need… SUCKS… I need to optimize my oroboros. Is this a bug? Or did I someone overlook this some how

[@Bluejohn]

I like the reduction in exotic components needed to upgrade. I just upgraded my St Elmo's from 23 to 24. It took 20 exotic components before, now only takes 6 and the next upgrade will take only 7

[@andrewmarceau422]

If there was any feature I would have liked- it would be able to craft the mats needed to upgrade= while tinkering. It sucks when working on a whole new build to remember what you might need for the high end mats- like recons

[@bnbsports3647]

@bnbsports3647 3 hours ago (edited) To check what resources you need to OPTIMIZE press the OPTIMIZE key (X on PC ) and it will show you what you are missing to complete the optimization. Nice if someone would have explained that from the get go. I found out completely by accident.

[@donkrydaz]

Ironic your using the shield splinterer I was trying to full optimize it and it would let me I had everything for it what do I do

[@helenlegallais4208]

Hi I’m just back on division 2 thanks for this video but could you tell me how to get the g9 lmg blue print thanks oh yeah I’m from jersey Channel Islands and I’m a 55 year old woman thanks Helen

[@Uncleruckus403]

Can you explain the whole thing bc it won't let me put anything on my vest it says item attributes need to be extracted I go to do that can't do it its block by another attribute and its just annoying me

[@iambestbuy3853]

I need help with this too

[@phatkevy]

Optimization materials don't show at the table?

[@cjmatthews6096]

I only have Black Tusk bundle unlocked in crafting. How do I get the rest?

[@ITMann]

What do those green arrows mean as well ?. I have a some green arrows in various weapons and gear, green arrows pointing up. Explantion appreciated ?.

[@KevinQuisenberry]

Wish you would have done an exotic as well

[@regic1122]

How do I unlock the tinker option? It's always grayed out for me

[@BabaJega_Gaming]

Thank you for the video..I’m definitely doing this today.. Stay frosty agents 🤝🏻✊🏼

[@sasuminekyotakuni1692]

It's hard when you're just level 10 SHD. Just reached level 40 five days ago. Any tips to reach level 100 shd so I can access the Optimization station?

[@Millcityplayer]

I have a serious question idk if you can answer it but here it goes. When you expertise is the percentage increase based on the base damage number or does it increase as you go higher in the percentage?

[@MrNoone4127]

What if you find a weapon with the sats you want can you optimize it???

[@streetleague72]

Anyone have a list for what tactical passement each piece of gear slot uses?

[@RahmiEylemUNLU]

İt says bence lvl low , currently 2 how can i upgrade to 3

[@isuckatbattlefield]

I just came back to the division 2 after a year and holy shit it's confusing now. Pretty much most of my loud outs and build are ruined because of the new system. Plus theres so much nee contect im overwhelmed lmao 😭

[@blackdaemon01]

Did they already decrease the cost of expertise upgrades or was that not implemented yet?

[@andresg1654]

i cant optimize attributes, at least not the middle one in my gear and weapons, why that happens?

[@andresg1654]

it also shows a message about "extracting the attribute to optimize it"

[@Erebus_NOR]

Thx for the Guide. I have a question if I may, Is it only me or is the Mantis not working anymore, It does not highlight for me when I zoom in on enemies and I can`t find anything about it on the net, is it only me?

[@adammaginnis719]

I like the feature it helps out a lot and I’m from Madison, Wisconsin.

[@justinjones2846]

How did you recalibrate max armor regen?

[@KevinQuisenberry]

Thanks I have been trying to figure this out

[@Patterson66]

So do I not really mess with any of this until I hit level 40 or do it before

[@canadiantechprep]

Yeah, why doesn't it show the materials missing for specific optimizations? Super frustrating. Maybe it's user error...thanks for this though. Helpful Update: materials required do not display for named items or gear set items. Looks like a bug.

[@Dugski2310]

I am level 17 when I look at tinker it is greyed out am I missing something.

[@Kamikazevondoom]

Cannot do it in combat of any sort

[@phatkevy]

Recalibrate exotics? Not mine😢

[@jamescox8283]

What is the Skill Vanity Mod Slot for. Cannot find what goes into it.

[@Kamikazevondoom]

During year one. All those that preordered received the skins. But none were added after and they kind of forgot about it huh

[@jamescox8283]

@@Kamikazevondoom Thanks Agent again with knowledge & helpfulness. You always come through. That’s why your my number ☝🏾 go to for anything. Can’t wait to meet u on the field. Agent Tigerwolf602 Out.

[@psykofaty]

Thank you. You rock.

[@petermckelvey222]

So are they fixing the using real money because I am at 83 in the season pass but can’t get the bottom rewards but I bought the season pass. Only can get the top rewards.

[@travisbarker7916]

Hey K, really enjoy your videos. On an unrelated side note, could you let the developers know that the Striker ballistic shield isn't boosting damage. I tried looking for a way to tell them, but I couldn't find anything.Thanks!

[@lht5dy31]

Can’t tell u how much stuff I’ve deconstructed to get my stats maxed in order to build gear 😵‍💫😵‍💫.

[@Toxsihk86]

Coming back and im thinking nah fuck it. You get to see what ur missing if you run out of a material but if you dont have it just says to get fucked and doesnt tell you what your missing so you can go get it and since i havent been playing for a good while i dont just know ah it just need x more of material y

[@GurneelK]

I've only been playing Division 2 for a few months, and was saving up my mats waiting for this patch for the reduced optimization/expertise costs. Started using the new tinkering system, only to realize a few minutes in that I only had one of the faction materials recipes. Time to grind some more outposts.

[@Animefan127-z2v]

Can u upgrade weapons that are level 25?

[@stehill2822]

what does expertise upgrading do please?

[@Kamikazevondoom]

Depends on what you upgrade. Weapons increase damage. Gear increases armor. Skills increase ability

[@lht5dy31]

My crit hit chance from 14.2% shot to 21.1% after tinkering. My level 34 is buffed on an armor build currently. 😎

[@ItsLiam637]

Thanks for taking the time out to explain for dummies like me. lol.i have a red message covering the right side where the attributes go saying I don’t have anything to transfer and on the bottom I don’t have any talent to transfer. I like your name by the way. Maybe you have an answer for that. I’m arestheace406

[@Bluejohn]

Can you ( or anyone ) tell me how you get to your stats under this new system. How do i know how much crit chance or damage I have on my build (ps4)?

[@Rudysattva]

It's with the tabs at the top, next to inventory and resources

[@Bluejohn]

ok thanks@@Rudysattva

[@gt9537]

Awesome! TY!

[@davidcavaco900]

Any way you came make a vid of how much and what resources it costs to recalibrate due to the bug I don’t know what I need, and am unable to calibrate anything even after all the farming I did. Btw love your content.

[@brodericksayles5167]

Blinding grenade is broke screen turns black

[@andrecampbell9509]

I still don't get it lol

[@joemomma8573]

I think I found a game breaking build that's pretty fun😂 I'll call it the bump boom

[@davoszn7560]

Anyway to get elmo after in season 2 i just happen to come back after its gone😢

[@Rudysattva]

I just got it Tuesday night. Summit, challenging with directives. Others in the group had it already, 😊so they made sure I got 1.

[@williampierce13]

On the thumbnail, it looks like you were cracking your neck in like your 'getting ready'. Is that what you were going for? LOL

[@hus_ongun]

thanks man

[@TheWorstNA]

I HATE IT! I think it was a pointless change. I like that you can now change open world but the layout of it just annoys me. I can only imagine how werid it looks for a new player

[@fred9529]

As a new player it looks completely normal there’s nothing else to base it off of besides this. Pretty easy to understand after messing with it

[@michaels4538]

But as a returning player you’re right it is confusing but this video helped

[@nemosvoice7102]

I'm a new player and I think it's confusing as hell

[@nemosvoice7102]

And I still don't understand tinkering

[@Thoughtful8]

Yeah I agree with you

[@chaffy6six6]

Thank you

[@tooeasyaahmad]

My max expertise is 5😭😭😭dont have no raid or incursion exotics who wanna help me get the new smg😣😣ps5

[@xero_sKill]

I just hit level 30, and I’m nearly done with base campaign. I’m planning on playing the Warlords DLC following. Up until now, I just played this like an open world COD and chose weapons to “make number go up.” I’m interested in diving a bit into tinkering now that it’s available to me, but I wonder if I should wait to tinker until I’m close to 40 and should I focus on building a library and getting materials?

[@jeff-TessAD2022]

Ot wasn't that bad to fast travel back to castle or base of ops. But ok cool.

[@RWood2112]

They should have had this from the jump IMO

[@iancampbell1107]

Meant to add iam on PS5

[@inwoodspakig8735]

The armor it's the problem 😭

[@duanebessey9295]

Michigan

[@jonathandiaz4997]

1 day ago 😂

[@zerofire3172]

So it does nothing. Expertise still makes no sense

[@Y-jj7yt]

Worst "guide" ever!! You start showing what to do when you already have all mats and full library.. Worst guide ever